Open Mike

I haven’t had one of these in awhile…
Raise anything you like here — comments I find interesting or helpful might be promoted to a ‘guest post’, so if you’ve ever felt like writing such a thing here, consider this an invitation. Normal moderation rules apply of course, but there’ll be nothing stronger than normal. And [...]

I’ll confess to have found blogging a bit frustrating recently. Actually, that’s something of an understatement — call me over-sensitive, but I’ve found it hard not to take some of what has been said personally. “Sticks and stones” isn’t true. Alongside that, I believe in free and open conversation. I also believe in good manners. [...]